Are there any web designers out there that fancy giving me a hand in overhauling the main website? I had a play around a couple of years ago, but never got it finished. This was the concept: http://www.adrift.co/new

Anyway, if anyone fancies the challenge or has any other ideas for the main site, please let me know.

Campbell wrote:I think it needs to be someone who has a passion for text adventures, so leave it just now, but perhaps later if there are no takers.

I passed the question along to the two most techy guys on the CYOA site I'm on. They've done things like make custom skins to hide the oldness and ugliness of that place, so while I'm not sure if either one are willing to actively do web design right now or what the cost would be, they might be able to suggest some things or may at least know people.

I think that's a good idea... At least find out if they're willing to take on the project and how much they charge. Then let's see if we can't donate a couple of pound / dollars or whatever to help make this happen.

@Campbell. I meant to ask you why does it have to be someone with a passion for IF? As long as the web designer wants the job you'd expect him to do it well.

From the little bit of research I've done it looks like a professional web designer might run about $500 per project. It's hard to find examples that are anything like an IF site would need to be (Although I still say an actual wiki might make the most sense...) but a lot of them I'm looking at will give free quotes. Might be worth contacting someone at least.

I'm with Po at not seeing the need for anyone that's into IF. That narrows the possibilities WAY down and I think what we'd all like to see is something professional and attractive done in a reasonable time frame, it doesn't particularly matter how enthusiastic the designer is about >getting lamps.

I know I'd be willing to pitch in a good chunk of the cost if we could be sure of getting results.

Lumin wrote:From the little bit of research I've done it looks like a professional web designer might run about $500 per project. It's hard to find examples that are anything like an IF site would need to be (Although I still say an actual wiki might make the most sense...) but a lot of them I'm looking at will give free quotes. Might be worth contacting someone at least.

I'm with Po at not seeing the need for anyone that's into IF. That narrows the possibilities WAY down and I think what we'd all like to see is something professional and attractive done in a reasonable time frame, it doesn't particularly matter how enthusiastic the designer is about >getting lamps.

I know I'd be willing to pitch in a good chunk of the cost if we could be sure of getting results.

I'm with Lumin on this one.. I too would be willing to let her pitch in a good chunk of the cost.. But apart from that... I would gladly donate too...

If Campbell is not interested in messing with the javascript/CSS stuff he'll need to give access to the person let them implement it once the design is done.

Other than the professional sites I've looked at, I'm waiting on some 'friend of a friend' recommendations from a friend who works for Microsoft. She's pretty active in some Visual Novel authoring communities too so she knows lots of nerds.

Campbell hasn't logged in this week but I'll PM once I have more info together and I guess he'll get a notification.